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0x10^4 J explodes into three pieces.The first piece is 1.0 kg and travels in the positive y direction with a velocity of 60 m/s.The second piece is 4.0 kg and travels in the positive x direction at 40 m/s.Find the third pieces mass,......
A bomb with 1.0x10^4 J explodes into three pieces.
The first piece is 1.0 kg and travels in the positive y direction with a velocity of 60 m/s.
The second piece is 4.0 kg and travels in the positive x direction at 40 m/s.
Find the third piece's mass, velocity, and angle.

Diagram:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82417987@N08/7545812162/in/photostream

Some Equations:
momentum(p) = mass*velocity
p(before) = p(after)
Potential Energy = Kinetic Energy

Thanks in advance. Best, explained answer gets 10 points!
If you can start me off on the right foot that's really helpful too

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You are going to need to solve equations simultaneously.

First conservation of energy. The KE of the pieces should equal the given potential energy.
KE = 1/2*m*v^2
1.0*10^4 = 1/2*(1)*(60)^2 + 1/2*(4)*(40)^2 + 1/2*(m)*(v)^2 <- where m and v are the unknown mass and velocity

For conservation of momentum, we assume the bomb was stationary before explosion:
Now apply conservation of momentum in the x-direction:
The first piece is only in y, so it is not included in the equation. The x-mom eqn becomes:
4*40 + m_x*v_x = 0

Now the y-mom equation:
1*60 +m_y*v_y = 0

At first it looks like there are too many unknowns for only 3 eqns. But consider that m_x=m_y because both are piece 3. And v^2 = v_x^2 + v_y^2. Simplifying we have:

10000 = (m)*(v)^2
-160 = m*v_x
-60 = m*v_y
v^2 = v_x^2 + v_y^2

4 eqns for 4 unknowns

solve for v_x and v_y and plug into the first eqn:
v_x = -160/m
v_y = -60/m
10000 = (m)*[(160/m)^2+(60/m)^2]
10000 = m*(25600/m^2 + 3600/m^2) = 29200/m
10000*m=29200 -> m=2.92kg

Plug this into eqn 1 to get the magnitude of the velocity.
10000 = (2.92)*(v)^2 -> v = 58.52m/s

With the known mass, you can get the components of the velocities.
v_x = -54.79m/s
v_y = -20.55m/s

The angle with respect to the horizontal axis is:
arctan(-20.55/-54.79) = 20.56 degrees below the horizontal (in quadrant III)
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